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'File 18/16 II B Series: Qatar Order-in-Council' [‎9r] (17/48)

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The record is made up of 1 file (24 folios). It was created in 9 Mar 1939-29 Mar 1948. It was written in English. The original is part of the British Library: India Office The department of the British Government to which the Government of India reported between 1858 and 1947. The successor to the Court of Directors. Records and Private Papers Documents collected in a private capacity. .

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29. If any person to whom this Order applies smuggles or
imports into or exports from Qatar any goods the importation
or exportation whereof is lawfully prohibited he shall be
punished with imprisonment for a term which may extend to
one year, or with a fine which may extend to 2,000 rupees Indian silver coin also widely used in the Persian Gulf. or
to a sum equal to treble the value of the goods (whichever shall
be the greater), or with both imprisonment and fine.
30. Any act which, if done in British India, would be an
offence against the law for the time being in force in British
India, relating to trade-marks, merchandise marks, copyright
designs, or inventions, shall, if done in Qatar by a person to
whom this Order applies, be an offence punishable with im
prisonment for a term which may extend to two months, or
with a fine which may extend to 1,000 rupees Indian silver coin also widely used in the Persian Gulf. , or with both.
31. (1) If any person to whom this Order applies: —
(i) Publicly derides, mocks or insults any religion,
established or observed within the limits of this
Order; or
(ii) Publicly offers insult to any religious service, feast, or
ceremony established or kept in any place wi thin
those limits, or to any place of worship, tomb, or
sanctuary belonging to any religion established or
observed within those limits, or belonging to the
ministers or professors thereof; or
(iii) Publicly and wilfully commits any act tending to bring
any religion established or observed wi thin those
limits, or its ceremonies, modes of worship, or observ
ances into hatred, ridicule, or contempt, and thereby
to provoke a breach of the public peace;
he shall be guilty of an offence, and on conviction thereof
liable to imprisonment, which may extend to two years, with
or without a fine not exceeding 500 rupees Indian silver coin also widely used in the Persian Gulf. , or to a fine alone
not exceeding 500 rupees Indian silver coin also widely used in the Persian Gulf. .
(2) The Political Agent A mid-ranking political representative (equivalent to a Consul) from the diplomatic corps of the Government of India or one of its subordinate provincial governments, in charge of a Political Agency. shall take such precautionaiy
measures as seem to him proper and expedient for the prevention
of such offences.
32.—(1) If any person subject to this Order prints, publishes,
or offers for sale any printed or written newspaper or other
publication containing seditious matter, he shall be guilty of an
offence and on conviction thereof liable to imprisonment, which
may extend to two years, with or without a fine not exceeding
1,000 rupees Indian silver coin also widely used in the Persian Gulf. or to a fine alone not exceeding 1,000 rupees Indian silver coin also widely used in the Persian Gulf. , and
may, in addition to, or in lieu of, any other sentence, be ordered
to give security for good behaviour, or to be deported.
(2) Where any printed or written newspaper or other publica
tion containing seditious matter is printed, published, or offered
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The papers consist of a certified copy of The Qatar Order in Council A regulation issued by the sovereign of the United Kingdom on the advice of the Privy Council. , 1939 (His Majesty's Stationery Office Press, 1939), with accompanying correspondence relating to the date of its enactment, and its publication and recording, April 1939; and papers relating to King's Regulation under Article 83 of The Qatar Order in Council A regulation issued by the sovereign of the United Kingdom on the advice of the Privy Council. , 1939 : Special Police Officers' Regulations, February-March 1948.

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1 file (24 folios)
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The papers are arranged in chronological order from the front to the rear of the file.

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Foliation: the foliation system in use runs from the front cover to the back cover and appears written in pencil enclosed in a circle in the top right hand corner of the recto The front of a sheet of paper or leaf, often abbreviated to 'r'. page of each folio. The individual documents in the file are also numbered in pencil (not enclosed in a circle) in the top right hand corner of the recto The front of a sheet of paper or leaf, often abbreviated to 'r'. page of the first folio of each document in the file in the following sequence: 4, 10, 11, 30, 31, 35, 38.

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